Tempest - Staff Support

The community gave this build a rating, making it second-tier: Good

Focused on: Control, Support, Healing and Condition cleanse

Designed for: WvW Zerg

Expansions required: Heart of Thorns builds Secrets of the Obscure builds

Difficulty: Easy

This build was last updated on October 27, 2025 and is up to date for the June 2, 2026 patch.

Overview

This build primarily fills the role of the healer and cleanser for its party.

复元雕文 is an exceptionally powerful revive skill - in 空气协调 it has the unique effect of repositioning the target, allowing the tempest to fully reset a player that went down in a bad place.

Compared to D/X builds, staff excels at CC but has lower personal survivability.

Skill Bar

火焰过载空气过载大地过载

Staff

炽热火球烈焰爆燃灼焰翻滚火舞流星

Utility

"抚慰伤痛！"流水纹章复元雕文"五行归元！"

Variants

Weapons

• Dagger/Dagger - see Build:Tempest_-_D/D Aurashare

Utilities

• "炽火燎原！" shortest CD shout, for slightly more heal/cleanse
• "风暴护体！" group stunbreak and AOE superspeed
• "极寒冰结！"
• 秘法波动
• 空槽 Lets you use a weapon skill twice. Syncs well with 间歇温泉 if rotating between Water and Earth attunements, allowing you to use Geyser twice per rotation.

Specializations

大地 / Earth · 元素使 (Elementalist)

固定特性：护体石肤

大地护拥锯齿之岩元素护盾

固定特性：大地冲击

岩石力量固若磐石大地祝福

固定特性：地使训练

金刚石肤石刻纹章磐石之心

流水 / Water · 元素使 (Elementalist)

固定特性：抚伤迷雾

抚伤寒冰碎冰穿刺复原翻滚

固定特性：治疗涟漪

抚伤法咒净化水波行云流水

固定特性：水使训练

流水净化强效光环抚伤之力

暴风使 / Tempest · 元素使 (Elementalist)

固定特性：元素奇点

狂风之歌精力暗涌动荡传导

固定特性：集中聚能

暴风咏叹和谐传导活力洪流

固定特性：坚固传导

超验风暴清澈奇点元素棱堡

Template Code

Equipment

马克兰假面

Head

Minstrel

马克兰肩章

Shoulders

Minstrel

马克兰紧身衣

Chest

Minstrel

马克兰绑臂

Hands

Minstrel

马克兰马裤

Legs

Minstrel

马克兰护足

Feet

Minstrel

冰巢号角背部物品

Backpiece

Minstrel

闪烁石化之木

Accessory

Minstrel

黑冰耳环

Accessory

Minstrel

翠玉吊坠

Amulet

Minstrel

血色红宝石指环

Ring

Minstrel

黑冰指环

Ring

Minstrel

马克兰旋杖

Staff

Minstrel

Empty slot

超级亲善法印

Sigil

超级转移法印

Sigil

马克兰旋杖

Staff

Minstrel

Empty slot

超级能量法印

Sigil

超级转移法印

Sigil

超级僧侣符文

Rune

x6

世界之战治愈灌注

Infusion

x18

卡拉科萨古物

Relic

Equipment Variants

Relics

• 僧侣古物

Consumables

• 碗装薄荷配菜水果沙拉
  • 美味饭团 personal option
• 富饶保养油

Usage

Quick Guide

• Staff Tempest is a secondary support that relies on 卡拉科萨古物 for healing output
• Your largest sources of Healing and Condition Clear are from Blast Finishers via 卡拉科萨古物 and 金刚石肤

• Use 复元雕文 to revive downed allies, usually either in either 大地协调 or 空气协调
• Start fights in 火焰协调 to 火焰过载 before engaging
• Rotate between 流水协调 and 大地协调 for Healing and Condition Clear
  • In 流水协调 use all your weapon skills before 流水过载
  • In 大地协调 activate 逆向转化大地 as often as possible by gaining 磁力光环 via the weapon skill, "天崩地裂！" and 大地过载 + 动荡传导
• CC enemies when your group spikes with "天崩地裂！", 大地动荡 in 大地协调 and 静电力场 in 空气协调
• Whenever there is low pressure incoming and you don't need to CC go into 火焰协调 and charge up 火焰过载

General

• As soon as you get 25 stacks of 超级亲善法印 and get out of combat, swap back to the set without it

Surviving

• This build has moderate passive defense
• This build has moderate mobility skill access
• This build has low active defenses

• Since you lack personal stunbreaks and you heavily rely on skills with longer casttimes, you want to position safely
  • Stay close to tag, but not directly on top - within 200-300 range is close enough to quickly respond to movements and get boons without getting stuck behind
  • While overloading, if needed, move further away ensure the cast finishes - 强效光环 has 600 radius

Priorities

High

• 复元雕文
• Healing/Condition Clear

Moderate

• 稳固
• CC
• 奔驰疾速

Low

• Aura/boonshare

Detailed Explanations

Glyph of Renewal

• Under General Options / Combat/Movement turn on Allow Skill Retargetting and set Ground Targetting to Instant Cast, this will make 复元雕文 cast at the location your cursor is at the end of the cast, instead of where you initially targetted
• Focus on reviving allies who are far away with 复元雕文, don't waste the skill on players that can be hand rezzed.
• Use 复元雕文 in 空气协调 on single players and 大地协调 on multiple players
  • If the teleportation from Air Glyph is not needed (or actively harmful), use the glyph in 流水协调 for the extra heal
• If a downed ally can be safely revived by other means don't use 复元雕文
• If you are under the effect of 生命幻象 you can cast 复元雕文 in 火焰协调 to avoid timing out

Healing/Condition Clear

• Start fights in 火焰协调 for 火焰过载 before you engage the enemy
• Outside of the opener your attunement priority is:

1. 流水协调 - Priority whenever healing/condition clear is needed
2. 大地协调 - Secondary Priority whenever healing/condition clear is needed
3. 空气协调 - Priority for CC
4. 火焰协调 - Priority when low enemy pressure and CC isn't needed

• Once all of your skills are on cooldown on one attunement you should immediately swap to the next best attunement for your situation
  • You Overload skills can be powerful, but take a lot of time to cast and increase the cooldown of your Attunement
    • 空槽 should always be cast unless the healing and Condition Clear isn't needed
    • 空槽 should usually be cast, but cancel it if nessecary
      • Make sure to cast 逆向转化大地 after finishing 空槽 before you swap Attunement
    • 空槽 should sometimes be cast, don't worry if you have to cancel it or can't stay in 空气协调 long enough to charge it
    • You shouldn't often be in 火焰协调 long enough to charge 空槽 but if incoming pressure is low feel free to charge and cast it for 威能
• Your largest sources of Healing and Condition Clear are from Blast Finishers via 卡拉科萨古物 and 金刚石肤
  • Your own fields have priority for combo finishers. You have access to three field types that are useful to blast: Fire on 火焰过载, Water on 间歇温泉 and 治疗之雨, and Ice on 寒冰禁地
    • Water is generally the best field type to blast
    • Prioritize blasting your fields, but don't delay your healing just to do so

• Use 寒冰尖刺 and 大地喷发 on the fields you make with 间歇温泉 and 治疗之雨 for healing or 寒冰禁地 for damage mitigation if healing isn't needed
  • It is often worth swapping straight to 大地协调 after 流水协调 to land 大地喷发 on a field
    • The timing with 大地喷发 is somewhat tight so practice it out of combat
• Use 逆向转化大地 whenever you can while in 大地协调
  • Try to cast 空槽 in 大地协调 whenever it will be useful for an extra 逆向转化大地 proc
• Tempests biggest burst heal skill is "抚慰伤痛！"
  • Keep in mind most of the healing is on the first pulse which has a radius of 240
• 流水协调 ⇒ 治疗涟漪 is instant cast, meaning it provides the healing immediately and can also be used while CCed

Aura/Boonshare

• 火焰过载 is a significant 威能 generator, but limited by the long charging and casting time in an Attunement with very little support value otherwise
  • Try to go into 火焰协调 whenever you're in a low pressure situation, such as both groups disengaging from each other to regroup
• Use 磁力光环 ⇒ 逆向转化大地 as the first 稳固 application on ranged engages
• Other than ranged engages, use 逆向转化大地 as frequently as possible
• Use 寒冰禁地 on your group before pushes to give 冰霜光环

CC

• Use your CC when:
  • Your group calls a spike such as Wells (腐化法池)
  • On top of enemy downs (while alive enemies are on top of them)
  • Enemy groups move defensively while your group is pushing
• Be careful not to knock enemies out of your groups spikes with 疾风爆发

Superspeed

• Focus on using 乘风急速 when your group is pushing or disengaging from the enemy

Settings

• Under General Options / User Interface check Always show squad health bars and Always show party health bars. These will make it much easier to keep track of who needs your support.
• Also under General Options / User Interface turn on Thick party health bars
  • Thick squad health bars can be used too as a matter of personal preference, but is not recommended for large numbers
• Under Squad Options uncheck View as a grid. This will allow you to keep track of your allies' boons, conditions and health, enabling a better decision-making and skill management.